Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyandreen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyandreen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16678, -10.04034
- SMR number
- KE045-048----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 37.7m N-S, 40m E-W.
Ballinvoher Fort/An Lios: KE045-048----: Situated directly W of Ballyandreen village, on level ground about 200m E of a tributary of the Owenascaul river, this circular rath is enclosed by a single earthen bank and fosse. The 2nd outer bank, which encloses much of the W half of the site, appears to be a later field fence. The fosse is 5m wide at base and .9m deep below the external ground level. The bank is c. 6m wide at base and rises 3.3m above the base of the fosse and 1.2m above the interior. The bank has been levelled and replaced by a field fence along the SE sector, and it is here that the original entrance must have been located.
The only feature visible in the interior is a large raised platform in the E sector. This measures 12m x 16.6m x .5m in height, and a depression near its centre measures 5m x 4.1m. A large flagstone which lies directly SW of the latter was said to mark the entrance to a souterrain (OSNB Ballinvoher, book 2, 2).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 311. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.